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Ecology & Evolutionary Biology: Recent submissions
Now showing items 401-420 of 1921
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The effects of a minimal lethal dose of X-rays upon chick embryos
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Studies on Kansas Cicadas
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Marsupial brood care in Cretaceous tanaidaceans
(Nature Research, 2017-06-29)Parental care in animal evolution has long fascinated biologists, but tracing this complex of behavioural repertoires is challenging, as these transitory states often leave no corporeal traces as fossils. Among modern ... -
A replacement family-group name among fossil Neuroptera (Insecta)
(University of Kansas & American Museum of Natural History, 2017)The nomenclature of the enigmatic fossil family Rafaelidae is summarized and its status as a nomen invalidum requiring replacement is recognized, due to homonymy of its type genus, Rafaelia Nel et al. (nec Rafaelia Townsend). ... -
The systematics of the genus Augochlorella (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) north of Mexico and the bionomics of A. Striata and A. Persimilis in eastern Kansas
(University of Kansas, 1965)Although bees of the genus Augochlorella (Halictidae) are common over much of the United States, the interspecific relationships and biologies of the species are little understood. In an attempt to clarify some of the ... -
Climate Warming Can Accelerate Carbon Fluxes without Changing Soil Carbon Stocks
(Frontiers Media, 2017-02-03)Climate warming enhances multiple ecosystem C fluxes, but the net impact of changing C fluxes on soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks over decadal to centennial time scales remains unclear. We investigated the effects of climate ... -
Open access increases citations of papers in ecology
(Ecological Society of America, 2017-07-27)Open access (OA) can effectively increase the accessibility and visibility of scientific articles and thus potentially confer them with citation advantages. Such an impact may be more pronounced in developing countries ... -
Mountains and Migrations: Using Biogeography, Population and Landscape Genetics to Elucidate Patterns and Processes of Diversification in a Biodiversity Hotspot
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Elucidating the tempo and mode of diversification is a major goal of evolutionary biology and represents a fundamental step towards understanding how biodiversity is generated and maintained. Achieving this goal is challenging ... -
SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF THE LEAF-BEETLE TRIBE DORYNOTINI (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE: CASSIDINAE)
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)The impact of environmental gradients on morphology has been an important topic in ecology and evolutionary biology, as geographic variation in environmental conditions may be a major factor involved in diversification. ... -
Mechanisms Controlling Day/Night Changes in CAM Tissue Volume, With a Focus on the Kansas Cactus, Opuntia macrorhiza
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Day/night changes in organs volume of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) plants have been observed. The objective of this study is to determine the most important mechanism that controls day/night changes of organ thickness ... -
Temperature responses of microbial soil organic matter decomposition and associated respiration at various scales, ranging from exo-enzymes to populations and communities
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Knowledge about how temperature will influence microbial decomposition of soil organic matter and resultant CO2 efflux from soils is of importance to understand the global C balance and more accurately project future ... -
TESTING BIOGEOGRAPHIC PREDICTIONS DERIVED FROM QUATERNARY ISLAND CONNECTIVITY USING GENOMIC DATA FROM MAMMALS IN THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Island archipelagos have long piqued the attention of evolutionary biologists interested in biogeographical patterns implying processes of diversification in terrestrial vertebrates. One model island archipelago, the ... -
Climate change influences on the potential geographic distribution of Ixodes ricinus, vector of Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis virus
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Abstract Background: Ixodes ricinus is a hard tick vector species that transmits many diseases in Europe and North Africa, including borreliosis (Lyme disease) and tick borne encephalitis (TBE). Climate change has altered ... -
Influences of functional variation on venom expression in hydractiniid hydrozoans
(2018-08)Cnidaria (jellyfish, hydra, sea anemones, etc) represent the earliest diverging venomous animal lineage. Cnidarians deploy venom for predation, defense, competition, and digestion. Recent evidence suggests venom composition ... -
Differentially expressed venoms in functionally specialized polyps of the colonial hydrozoan Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus
(2018-06)Cnidaria (jellyfish, hydra, sea anemones, etc.) represent the earliest diverging venomous animal lineage. Venom is deployed in cnidarians for predation, defense, competition, and digestion. Recent evidence suggests venom ... -
Optimal control and cost-effective analysis of malaria/visceral leishmaniasis co-infection
(Public Library of Science, 2017)In this paper, a deterministic model involving the transmission dynamics of malaria/visceral leishmaniasis co-infection is presented and studied. Optimal control theory is then applied to investigate the optimal strategies ... -
Defining the Risk of Zika and Chikungunya Virus Transmission in Human Population Centers of the Eastern United States
(Public Library of Science, 2017)The recent spread of mosquito-transmitted viruses and associated disease to the Americas motivates a new, data-driven evaluation of risk in temperate population centers. Temperate regions are generally expected to pose low ... -
Mathematical model of Zika virus with vertical transmission
(KeAi Publishing, 2017)Zika is a flavivirus transmitted to humans through either the bites of infected Aedes mosquitoes or sexual transmission. Zika has been linked to congenital anomalies such as microcephaly. In this paper, we analyze a new ... -
The functional development of the mesonephros in Peromyscus leucopus
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Morphological and experimental studies on the descent of the testes
(University of Kansas, 1928)